Two weeks after Zuckerberg said ‘je suis Charlie,’ Facebook begins censoring images of prophet Muhammad

Turkish protesters shout slogans during a rally against the daily paper Cumhuriyet, which printed images of the Prophet Muhammad from Charlie Hebdo’s Jan. 14 issue. (Ozan Kose/AFP/Getty Images)

Only two weeks after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg released a strongly worded #JeSuisCharlie statement on the importance of free speech, Facebook has agreed to censor images of the prophet Muhammad in Turkey — including the very type of image that precipitated the Charlie Hebdo attack.

Whitney Houston's daughter revived after found unresponsive in tub

Bobbi Kristina Brown, the only daughter of the late pop star Whitney Houston and singer Bobby Brown, was found unresponsive in a bathtub at her Georgia home on Saturday, but she was revived and rushed to a hospital, police said.

The incident comes nearly three years after Houston, a superstar who battled substance abuse, drowned in a bathtub in Beverly Hills, California, in February 2012. Authorities determined cocaine use and heart disease contributed to her death.

Egypt releases Peter Greste, imprisoned Al-Jazeera reporter

Al-Jazeera English correspondent Peter Greste

A reporter for Al-Jazeera English was released from an Egyptian prison and deported Sunday after more than a year behind bars, but his two Egyptian colleagues remained jailed in a case widely condemned as a sham by human-rights groups.

Australian Peter Greste was whisked away on a flight to Cyprus. His release came as a welcome surprise to fellow reporters and activists who spent months pressing for his freedom.

Top Billing Presenter Simba Mhere Dies In Motor Accident In Johannesburg.

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Top Billing presenter Simba Mhere has died in a car accident in Johannesburg in the early hours of Saturday morning.

He and a friend were killed instantly, while his father survived.According to EWN Mhere was on his way to OR Tambo International Airport to fly to Cape Town to attend the J&B Met.

Mugabe officially appointed African Union chairman

THE BOSS: Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe 

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe took over the post of African Union chairman on Friday, replacing Mauritania's President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz.

The veteran leader, Africa's oldest president aged 90, shook hands with Abel Aziz in front of fellow leaders to applause at the AU summit in the Ethiopian capital.

Mugabe, is the continent's oldest leader - and one of its most controversial post-colonial figures.

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon backs regional African force to fight Boko Haram

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. 

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed an African Union proposal to set up a regional five-nation force of 7,500 troops to fight Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamist militants.

Support for the initiative, announced at an African Union summit being held in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, came hours after the Chadian military said three soldiers and 123 militants were killed in two days of fighting with a Chadian army contingent in northern Cameroon.

"I welcome the decision of the AU and regional countries to establish an MJTF (Multinational Joint Task Force) against Boko Haram," he told reporters on the sidelines of the summit.

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Photos: D'banj's 10th Anniversary Concert In Lagos.

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Photo Of The Day: Chadian Helicopters In Battle Against Boko Haram.

Chadian Mi-24 helicopters being used to fight Boko Haram members in Gamboru, Bornu state. 

Photos: Nigerian Army And Civilian JTF In Resounding Welcome After Victory Against Boko Haram In Maiduguri.

Civilian Joint Task Force, JTF, who marched alongside our military to defend Maiduguri against Boko Haram militants yesterday returned to a jubilant crowd in the city. More pics after cut....

Photo Of The Day: President Jonathan And Billionaire Ayiri Emani

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PDP Lagos State Gubernatorial Candidate Jimi Agbaje Reacts To Tax Evasion Indiction By Governor Fashola

 
 Felix Oboagwina, Jimi Agbaje's media director statement below

Mr. Jimi Agbaje expresses surprise at this rather personal and unprovoked attack against his person by Governor Raji Fashola. Just in January, the Commissioner for Finance sent a personal letter to Mr. Agbaje, commending him for his faithfulness in payment of taxes relating to his residence.

It is a curious contradiction that several days later, the Governor himself would express sentiments clearly in contradiction to the spirit and letter of that voluntary and unsolicited commendation from the state

War, Ebola, elections top African Union summit

 

Conflict in Africa, especially the violence of Nigeria's Boko Haram insurgents, and efforts to stem Ebola will top the agenda as African leaders gather for their annual summit this week.

 

While the official theme of the African Union meeting will be women's empowerment, leaders from the 54-member bloc will once again be beset by a string of crises across the continent when they meet at the AU headquarters in the Ethiopian capital on Friday and Saturday.
AU chief Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, who has said she is "deeply horrified" at the rise of Boko Haram, has said she will use the summit to drum up "renewed collective African efforts" to tackle the Islamists.
Boko Haram are "not just a threat to some countries, it is a threat to the whole continent,"